El Torreón, Chihuahua (Meoqui)

El Torreón, Chihuahua (Meoqui) is located at a height of 1130 meters above sea level in the municipality of Meoqui (Alm-Los) in Chihuahua, Mexico. Its geographic location is at latitude: 28.325833 and longitude: -105.414167.

Map of El Torreón, Chihuahua (Meoqui)

Population

El Torreón, Chihuahua (Meoqui) is populated by 616 people. The total population consists of 32 children aged 0 to 2 years, 45 aged 3 to 5 years, 74 children aged 6 to 11 years, 30 teenagers between 12 and 14 years and 28 aged 15 to 17 years. The number of adult people aged 18 to 24 is 72, in the age group of 25 to 60 years are 238 people and the over 60 years old people are represented by 97 people.

Dividing the overall population of 616 inhabitants in only three age groups result in: 181 people aged 0 to 14, 354 people aged 15 to 64 and 78 people aged 65 or more years. The male-female ratio is 106.71 men per 100 woman and the birth rate (fertility rate) is 2.73 children per woman.

Indigenous population

There are no households known where the head or his partner speaks an indigenous language.

Migration

While 566 people were born in the same state, 14 were born in another Mexican state. The total number of people older than 5 years who lived in this state between 2005 and 2010 is 509, the number of those older than 5 years who lived in 2005 in another state is 2 people.

Disabilities

35 of the 616 living in El Torreón, Chihuahua (Meoqui) have some form of disability, activity limitation, mental or physical condition.

Mobility impairment: 15
Visual impairment: 13
Communicating: 0
Hearing disability: 5
Physical disability: 0
Learning and thinking: 1
Mental health: 2

A total of 577 people is free of disabilities. Read about disabilities.

School and education

Analphabetism

In the age group of 8 to 14 years about 2 people do not know read or write and 37 of the group 15 and older are in that same situation.

School

Aged 3 to 5 years: 31 do not visit school
Aged 6 to 11 years: 1 do not visit a school
Aged 12 to 14 years: 6 do not visit a school
Aged 15 to 17 years: 12 do visit a school
Aged 18 to 24 years: 7 do visit a school

15 years and older

37 do not have any school degree or at most preschool.
157 did visit primary school up to the fifth class (incomplete).
123 finished primary school (6 years complete).
27 two years at secondary school at least (incomplete).
43 three years at secondary school (complete).

Adults

Within the group of adults over 18 years 32 do have a scholar degree after having completed secondary school or high school. Like Bachelor, technical schools, university, master or doctor degrees. This group divides into 15 males and 17 females. While the populations medium degree is 5.53, the male population do have a medium degree of 5.18, the female population one of 5.91

Economic characteristics

Economically active

The economically active population, people how are employed or actively seeking employment, is 248 people. 178 of this fraction are male and 70 are female. Economically inactive are about 206 people. The active fraction divides in 240 occupied and 8 unoccupied people.

Social security and public health care

While 481 people have access to one of the social security systems in Mexico, about 132 individuals are without health insurance.

Access to the services of the Mexican Social Security Institute IMSS have 218 people. 4 people do have the right to access the ISSTE, 0 find their security at ISSSTE and 251 have access to the public health insurance, Seguro Popular.

Marital Status

About 124 people of the age group 12 years and older are unmarried or singles. The number of people who are married or who are living in a conjugal relationship is 300 and there are 38 people who are separated, divorced or widowed.

Religions

The large fraction of 572 people are Roman Catholics, 25 people are Christians, mostly Protestants and similar historic religions. Other religions like Judaism, Islam, New Age, Ethnic religions and even religious movements are preferred by 0 individuals and finally about 15 are without any religion or are atheists.

Homes

The total number of homes, private or not, occupied or not, with or without further information, is 212 and 172 of them are inhabited.

Private homes

The total number of private homes, with more detailed information available, is 211. With 171 occupied private homes and 36 unoccupied private homes. 4 are only for temporal use. As far as information is available the medium number of occupants in private homes is 613.

Economic status

In El Torreón, Chihuahua (Meoqui) about 0 private homes do not have any of the following goods. 149 own a radio, 168 have a TV, 166 own a fridge, a washing machine is available in 148 private homes and a car is available in 117. In 19 homes a PC is part of the standard of living. A cable telephone is available in 15, an internet connection can be found in 2 and 138 homes do have cellphones.